[2.5 Video Guide] Assassin CI Blade Flurry End-Game Build! [HC/SC]

I switched over to Heretic helm + the auras and I don't like it.

Build felt much better with Hatred + Determination.

Anyone got any advise/ tips?

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PsOfOs wrote:

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ffhighwind wrote:

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PsOfOs wrote:

It's not 20 points for leech. There's dexterity strength mana accuracy too. And leech on gear is only physical.
Duelist leech is global.
There aren't more options other than warlord's or leech gem.
Leech on gear is worthless to rely on.
Anyway,you may not like it but it clears all content easy.

It's 17 points investment. The debatable question is if it's worth the travel when you don't get any other good nodes while you're over there. You could run a leech gem, the 0.6% leech boot enchant, or self cast/CWDT Warlords Mark. Leech on gear is not worthless to rely on for mana but it is for life.

I tried leech gem and i was missing the str dex and had to regear.
Dps by investing path to duelist points in dps with leech gem was about the same.

All you need to sustain mana is a single jewel with mana leech.
Life leech can be solved with blood rage which provides as well a tons of dps and speed.
I died a couple times because of blood rage but it's always my stupid mistake as I'm carefree.

I melt minautor so far but failed chimera mainly some misplay. I will try next time by replacing increase phys life leech support gem as i just like to facetank. Since i put on conc effect, dps wise should still be OK (with a bino and no abyssus).
Also i think i have to drop more dps removing voidheard to handle stun. Kiara flask is not good enough for long fights.

Anything else than the 6 biggest bosses melt instantly anyway.

To OP, thank you for the amazing build! This has been by far one of the strongest and most fun builds I've played! I'm reading a lot of negativity on this thread but I just want to reassure any new players, that this build really does work if you follow the correct suggested itemization. I'm able to farm Uber Izaro with my eyes closed! I linked my gear for reference and I know there's much more I can improve on. I've spent about 5ex in currency and I'm getting ready to upgrade to a 900+ ES 6L chest piece. My recommendation to whomever is trying this out, get as much accuracy as possible! The DPS boost is huge getting chance to hit close to 90%! I've only done T12 maps so far but everything melts (bleeds!) away!

Side Note: Vaal Haste is a must! Breaches + Vaal Haste were made for each other :)

Tips for improvement and/or critiques on my gear are welcomed. Ultimate Goal is to get a "Mirror Dagger"

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PsOfOs wrote:

You are missing the point.
From witch AoE nodes to whispers of doom, deep thoughts and depth perception it's 17 skill points.
Ignoring all of them and going to duelist nodes it's 16 points.
You end up with more consistent leech ignoring hexproof and reduced effect on bosses,the same mana and a bit less accuracy.
As a bonus you get to run Hatred and Herald of Ash by not running 2 curses with blasphemy. That's 51% of phys as elemental.
Only requirement is vulnerability on hit on gloves.
To make up for not getting Unnatural calm cluster you get Foresight cluster.
If you go with shield and not dual wield there is 170% increased defences (energy shield) from equiped shield on the way to duelist.

Edit: You also get 8% attack speed and 7% block if you go shield.
How is this a waste of points?

I'm thinking about doing the same that you did and maybe even go further and get US.

Atm I'm using eye of chayula + dream fragment and the blasphemy leech vs bosses feels like not enough.

all you guys having a problme or even major problem with this build must do something pretty wrong!? i killed all guardian, facetanked pretty much all of them and the shaper was 3rd phase in first try... maybe u need to work on your movement skills and if thats not it, check my profile and do everything like me and t15 is a joke! ill update when i kill shaper... dagger upgrade is not neccessary for guardians by the way, but will make it more easy - that said, u will still have to play properly, even with an op dagger! anyways... i was really frustrated weith the build,too.. but its strong if u max out anything possible, and i havent even done that yet! cheers all

I did a small amount of testing before swapping to Scourge. I wish I did more so I could actually do a fair comparison. I recommend trying Death's Hand with the dagger build. Don't try Abyssus because you will die quite a lot... especially to reflect. I think Death's Hand gives about 25% more damage while Abyssus gives maybe 50% more. If you get a faster dagger than Binos then you could try Abyssus to "delete" bosses. However, it's very hard to get enough strength, energy shield, and resists to manage the downsides of that helmet. You can technically wear both items depending on how good your gear is.

I can't compare Dual Scourge to Binos + Death's Hand since I only recorded Binos + Shield. I do think the dagger build is comparable to dual scourge if you get a good dagger, but it needs some help in the leech department. Here's some videos of dual Scourge vs Chimera/Phoenix with junk gear I threw together after the respec. The time to kill each boss was halved than my previous videos using Binos but I don't think it's a fair comparison since this is a dual wield build.

Phoenix (2.5mins)
Chimera (6.5mins, hexproof, enfeeble)

okay,shaper down in 3rd try with liftings build! pretty easy actually! thanks lifting - i enjoy your build!

Downed Shaper for the first time. The fight definitely takes some practice so don't get discouraged. I think I've wasted half of my sets so far. I've experimented with wither totem and vaal lightning trap along with my normal setup against him. Vaal Lightning Trap didn't work too well. Wither Totem is decent but probably only worth using on a 4 link. The problem is it's hard to use in the 3rd phase when it matters most.

I crafted a dagger is he ok?